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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1894
Page
3
A newspaper column defends the McKinley tariff, praising its protectionist impact on labor, production, and consumer prices while arguing against its destruction. It links tariff policy to national manufacturing leadership and warns that reversing it harms commerce and prosperity.
Fragmented tobacco cure pitches mix with quack remedies and medical tonics. The ad run cites No-to-hac quit aids, a don’t tobacco spit book, sewing machine offers, and various elixirs promising relief from coughs, digestion issues, and headaches, with multiple brands and agents named across Indiana and Chicago.
An hydraulic plunger failure at the Middleport steel plant caused 2,600 pounds of white metal to rain over sixty workers from fifteen feet. Ten burned, four fatally. Names listed among the injured include Jack Hayden Inne Grady William Cozens Stephen Weeks George Phillips Adiur Winegar Ronard Burney Frank Barrett George Steele Jesse Wilson. Four hundred men employed at the plant. Concurrent items note tariff talks and Senate proceedings on April 12, with Reed blocking warrants to arrest absentees and ongoing tariff bill debates in Washington.
A fragmentary report from Cuiengi claims Theodore Westmark accuses Henry M Stanley of landing on human flesh to satisfy curiosity during late 19th century explorations. The tale describes a servant beaten for tainted flesh then fried and tasted, allegedly deeming flesh tasteless. The piece also covers multiple court and crime items across cities in the United States and Mexico, including a $11,000 judgment over a 1848 ship collision and Mexico’s death sentence confirmation for Charles Adama.
A long forced march from Uni town to Hopwood and Somerville amid dry snowstorm conditions left 1800 men exhausted and scattered. Resting at a stage house camp, the procession resumed toward Peteraling with a large fire, while a noon stop at Somerville was planned. Two fatalities and multiple injuries followed a separate fatal collapse in Brookny's.
A 15 year old Cresco girl died after a tooth extraction with anesthesia and was buried. days later the grave was opened revealing signs she had been buried alive including broken coffin glass and bloodstained contorted remains. Separate reports note a fatal wreck on the Lake Erie and Western near Tyner City with one killed and two injured. another item covers royal luncheon at the Pitti palace with Queen Victoria and Prince Henry.
A 19th century temperance and labor critique argues for stopping immigration to curb job competition, adjournment of Congress for three years, and a boycott of saloons. It links high alcohol profits to unemployment, urging Germans and British authorities to condemn drink and promote labor through scarce wages and domestic production. The piece cites immigrant labor costs and national economic struggles to pressure policy shifts.
The Haymarket pardon in Chicago, tied to anarchist talks before elections, draws sharp rebuke as un-American. The writer condemns Governor Altgeld’s 17,000 word clemency message, accusing him of foreign influence, contempt for law, and endangering American political ideals and individual liberty. The critique portrays Altgeld as unreconciled with American citizenship and warns of dangerous political bargaining.
A Philadelphia letter recounts a dramatic case of a year old girl with a spinal illness saved by Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. After four months and expert doubt, the child recovered fully with daily doses, aided by affidavits from Mrs. Helen Moncrieff and Mrs. Meek. The tale promotes the pills with legal affidavits and notices about availability and pricing.
A Vermont reader from Burlington writes in a letter praising the Cubeb Cough Cure after catching a bed cold while visiting Des Moines. Her note crediting the remedy as effective echoes multiple endorsements from families including Mr. Clary and his son-in-law. A. O. Hyde reports 23 and 60 bottle sales.
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